Just under 4,000 sheep change hands at Blessington with prices to €460

Blessington Mart – Cattle Prices – 22-09-2022

The staging of the National Ploughing Championships resulted in a smaller entry at Blessington Mart on 22-09-2022.

That is according to a spokesperson who reported that all classes of cattle met with a similar trade to the previous week.

Beef cows changed hands from €680-€1,080 over the kg, while feeding types ranged from €240-€570 over.

Meanwhile, beef bullocks made from €1,090-€1,380 over the kg, continental store types went under the hammer from €580-€1,040 over and Hereford and Angus stores ranged from €420-€780 over.

Meanwhile, Friesian store bullocks clicked from €200-€480/head at Thursday’s sale.

In the line of heifers, continental stores found new owners from €480-€860 over the kg, while Hereford and Angus stores made from €360-€650 over the weight.

This week’s sheep prices

Meanwhile, according to the spokesperson, some 3,896 sheep went under the hammer at the mart’s sheep sale on Tuesday, September 20^th, 2022.

They noted that a “good trade prevailed for all types of fat lambs and good-quality speckled-face ewe lambs”.

• Heavy lambs – €135-€142/head;
• Factory lambs – €118-€135/head;
• Lambs (stores) over 40kgs – €100-€118/head;
• Lambs (stores) over 30kgs – €64-€84/head;
• Heavy ewes – €140-€170/head;
• Lighter ewes – €74-€126/head;
• Suffolk-cross hogget ewes – €130-€210/head;
• Cheviot hogget ewes – €140-€205/ead;
• Cheviot-cross 3 and 4-year-old ewes – €120-€176/head;
• Suffolk-cross ewe lambs – €90-€140 or €640-€114 over;
• Breeding rams – €200-€460/head.

Last week’s cattle prices

According to the spokesperson, its cattle sale last week (September 15^th, 2022), attracted a large entry, with prices to €1,300 over the kg.

They noted that smaller cattle were “that little bit harder to sell with a steady trade for stronger cattle”.

• Feeding cows – €270-€560 over;
• Beef cows – €670-€1,200 over;

• HE/AA store heifers – €360-€700 over;
• Continental store heifers – €480-€910 over;
• FR store bullocks – €280-€520 over;
• HE/AA store bullocks – €360-€760 over;

• Continental store bullocks – €540-€1,090 over;
• Beef bullocks – €1,140-€1,300 over.